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    copied!<p>Here is your solution: </p> <pre><code>/* TEST TABLE */ DECLARE @PEOPLE AS TABLE ([Name] VARCHAR(20), [Address] XML ) INSERT INTO @PEOPLE SELECT 'Joel', '&lt;address&gt; &lt;street&gt;Street 1&lt;/street&gt; &lt;city&gt;City 1&lt;/city&gt; &lt;state&gt;State 1&lt;/state&gt; &lt;zipcode&gt;Zip Code 1&lt;/zipcode&gt; &lt;/address&gt; &lt;address&gt; &lt;street&gt;Street 2&lt;/street&gt; &lt;city&gt;City 2&lt;/city&gt; &lt;state&gt;State 2&lt;/state&gt; &lt;zipcode&gt;Zip Code 2&lt;/zipcode&gt; &lt;/address&gt;' UNION ALL SELECT 'Kim', '&lt;address&gt; &lt;street&gt;Street 3&lt;/street&gt; &lt;city&gt;City 3&lt;/city&gt; &lt;state&gt;State 3&lt;/state&gt; &lt;zipcode&gt;Zip Code 3&lt;/zipcode&gt; &lt;/address&gt;' SELECT * FROM @PEOPLE -- BUILD XML DECLARE @x XML SELECT @x = ( SELECT [Name] , [Address].query(' for $a in //address return &lt;address street="{$a/street}" city="{$a/city}" state="{$a/state}" zipcode="{$a/zipcode}" /&gt; ') FROM @PEOPLE AS people FOR XML AUTO ) -- RESULTS SELECT [Name] = T.Item.value('../@Name', 'varchar(20)'), street = T.Item.value('@street' , 'varchar(20)'), city = T.Item.value('@city' , 'varchar(20)'), state = T.Item.value('@state' , 'varchar(20)'), zipcode = T.Item.value('@zipcode', 'varchar(20)') FROM @x.nodes('//people/address') AS T(Item) /* OUTPUT*/ Name | street | city | state | zipcode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joel | Street 1 | City 1 | State 1 | Zip Code 1 Joel | Street 2 | City 2 | State 2 | Zip Code 2 Kim | Street 3 | City 3 | State 3 | Zip Code 3 </code></pre>
 

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